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UN says there are 258 million migrants in world today
Dec 19, 2017 06:48The United Nations (UN) has estimated that 258 million people have left their native countries and are currently residing in other nations, a 49-percent rise since 2000.
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Refugee arrivals in Germany drop for 2nd straight year
Dec 17, 2017 13:03The number of new asylum seekers in Germany has fallen for a second year in a row following the mass influx that peaked in 2015, the government said Sunday.
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Nearly 900 refugees rescued off Libya arrive in Italy
Dec 11, 2017 14:14Sicily on Monday welcomed nearly 900 refugees rescued in Mediterranean waters off the coast of Libya in the past few days, with many expressing relief at having escaped the "Libyan hell".
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Thousands of anti-fascist demonstrators rally in Italy
Dec 10, 2017 08:23Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in the northern Italian city of Como, denouncing anti-refugee activities by the far-right groups in the country.
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EU lodges complaint against 3 states refusing to relocate refugees
Dec 07, 2017 14:22The European Union has lodged an official complaint against the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland over the three countries’ refusal to contribute to the implementation of a refugee relocation scheme that was adopted more than two years ago.
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African Union urges swift relocation of refugees from overcrowded camps in Libya
Nov 30, 2017 16:06African Union leaders have called on their European counterparts to help relocate thousands of refugees currently stranded in camps in violence-plagued Libya.
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About 31 refugees drown as boat sinks off Libya's western coast
Nov 25, 2017 15:49At least 31 refugees have died after their Europe-bound boat capsized off Libya’s western coast, Libyan coastguard officials say.
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PNG police start forcibly evicting asylum seekers from camp: Witnesses
Nov 23, 2017 09:32Police in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have raided a detention camp formerly run by Australia on the Manus Island, using force to evict hundreds of asylum seekers who have been refusing to leave the facility for more than three weeks.
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Refugees sold into slavery in Libya
Nov 22, 2017 14:32Survivors of slave auctions in Libya have described a "total hell" that they wouldn't wish on their "worst enemy" as global outrage grows over footage showing refugees being sold off in the war-torn country.
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News of Libya ‘slave market’ stirs controversy
Nov 19, 2017 09:00News of black men being put on sale at a Libyan “slave market” has drawn outrage from the African Union (AU) and triggered violent protests in Paris.